On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 00:26:22 -0700 (PDT), Denzil Kruse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not a perl master, but can't you just do a: > > system("rm -r <dirname>");
What if its windows system? blahhh... :-000ps..!! Moreover if it was some other **ix type system, I don't think the above code will smell right when cooked. Thats what i guess though. :-) > Is that what you mean? > > Denzil > > > > --- John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > can the above be done with one perl function? > > Yes it can be done using Perl. Read some doc... There are in-built functions called rmdir, mkdir and many more.. Good way to start is 'perldoc perlfunc' for it. [snip] -- Cheers, SanoBabu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>